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Yields in crops such as coffee, sugar and cocoa traded on financial markets are affected by global changes in the weather. Commodity broker Marex Spectron helps its customers and in-house trading operations by modelling seasonal weather using the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

The ECMWF Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) enables wind modelling experts, like Vortex, to check their forecast models against other sources, meaning their forecasts can be more precisely calculated with narrower error margins.

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Using the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), GECOsistema, an Italian consultancy company offering environmental modelling services has helped Romagna Land Reclamation and Irrigation Authority to make projections on the future supply of the water available to crops in Italy’s Castiglione District.

Predicting irrigation needs and planning better rotation and spatial distribution of crops can help irrigation managers to mitigate the threats posed by climate change.

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The Heineken brewery based in Zoeterwoude in the Netherlands has joined forces with the University of Wageningen and the Provincial government of South Holland in their ambition for a green and sustainable environment. The cooperative is called Green Circles.